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A revered California labor leader arrested for his involvement in protests decrying immigration raids in Los Angeles is out on bond, after demonstrators came out nationwide Monday to demand his release.
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Huerta, 58, the president of the Service Employees International Union California, was arrested while protesting an immigration raid in Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California union leader has been charged with conspiring to impede an officer during a demonstration over President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, authorities said Monday.
The complaint describes law enforcement’s view the events surrounding the arrest on Friday of the president of the Service Employees International Union California at a protest over an immigration raid.
Service Employees International Union California President David Huerta was injured and detained while documenting an immigration enforcement raid in downtown Los Angeles Friday, labor union officials said — prompting protests and calls for his release.
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FOX 11 Los Angeles on MSNSEIU president David Huerta out on bond after LA ICE protest arrestDavid Huerta, president of SEIU California, has been charged with conspiring to impede an officer during an immigration demonstration in Los Angeles.
A well-known figure in the California labor movement for decades, he is now the president of the Service Employees International Union of California.
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The Mirror US on MSNUnion president dragged off in violent ICE raid and arrested as armed agents storm LA in crackdownLaw enforcement officials conducted sweeping immigration raids in Los Angeles as part of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown efforts and arrested 44 people for immigration-related offenses and one for "obstruction,